Posts Tagged ‘scarf’
Ripple scarf
Posted by: Vicky on: 27 April, 2009
I was looking through a book we had at home on ripple stitch patterns and decided to use one of them to create a striped scarf.
Here it is so far:
I love the pattern but I’m not very happy with the edge where I’ve been carrying the yarn up the side of the stripes. [...]
Weaving not knitting
Posted by: Vicky on: 25 November, 2008
This evening I had great fun weaving a scarf.
Last week Mum took a family friend to Spin a Yarn in Bovey Tracey and whilst she was there she saw someone making a scarf by weaving chunky yarn through a special mesh. The store had sold their display item so were making a replacement. Mum thought [...]
Another quick scarf or two
Posted by: Vicky on: 11 November, 2007
I made another couple of child’s size scarves for my friend’s Christmas boxes. This one was made from cream Wendy Shimmer yarn and is lovely and soft. It’s a bit smaller than the pink one and I didn’t make it quite as wide, but I think it will be fine for a little [...]
Knitting with friends
Posted by: Vicky on: 30 October, 2007
I forgot to write about my knitting night last week when I went to a friend’s house and helped her to knit her first scarf. She’d knitted years and years ago, so there was a degree of familiarity as I showed her how to cast-on, knit and purl. By and large she picked [...]
The pink and white scarf
Posted by: Vicky on: 29 March, 2007
I just finished this scarf before I went skiing, so didn’t post a picture of it.
I really like this one. Some might think that the pompoms are bit OTT, but I think it’s quite cute. The pattern was dead easy but effective. The rows go: K, P, K, P, K, K, P, [...]
My first scarf
Posted by: Vicky on: 2 January, 2007
A little over a year ago I started to learn to knit. I’d had a go a when I was little, but like sewing, it was one of those things that I never really got the hang of. Something just didn’t click and all I could do was basic knit stitch. I couldn’t even cast [...]
